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Tahoe Lake Map

DanaMite — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:45:49 +0000

Tahoe Maps: trail maps

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Tahoe Trail Maps / Tahoe National Forest

Wanna find every waterfall or every creek to fish? This is the place that will help you find them. Easily, with good old fashion printed maps. Hard copies, some waterproof & tear resistant, most with topographical data and all roads, trails, campgrounds and parks. Whether or not you water ski or cross country ski, these maps will save your ass – when you are way back there in the boonies. Tahoe Rubicon Trail connects the gold country to the lake via granite wilderness sky ways above 7000′ elevation, but a real 4×4 and overnights are required. The back roads and trails are endless in these parts of the Central Sierra Nevada mountains.

Wilderness Lakes

DanaMite — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:15:34 +0000

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Wilderness lakes are as pure as it gets. Snow melt, cool days, good fishing, great mountain scenery, granite, fresh air & clean water. You have to really wanna reach them. You must WORK to get to these remote alpine wonderlands – hike, bike, horseback. Most prefer to backpack in and stay a while. Why not? These puppies are ONLY ACCESSIBLE a few months outta the whole year. May as well enjoy them while you can. The rest of the time most of them are frozen or buried with snow. Wilderness area do not allow dogs or mountain bikes on trails.

California is lucky to have hundreds of lakes within protected wilderness areas. Almost all are gorgeous and have very limited access. While we haven’t yet been able to hike every Wilderness in Cali, we will leave you with the best links with could find & a way to buy some maps. Most Wilderness topo maps are printed on waterproof plastic these days. The most popular topographical maps sell out often, and can be outta stock or outta print for months, or even years. The less popular areas still have the old paper maps.

Ansel Adams Wilderness

NFS Map is OUTTA PRINT

Bucks Lake Wilderness

Bucks Lake Wilderness Map

Carson Iceberg Wilderness

NatGeo Carson Iceberg Map
NFS Carson Iceberg Wilderness Map

Desolation Wilderness

Granite Chief Wilderness

Emigrant Wilderness

Hoover Wilderness

John Muir Wilderness

Lassen National Park

Mokelumne Wilderness

NFS Mokelumne Wilderness Map

Monarch Wilderness Kings Cyn

Jennie Lakes Wilderness

NFS Monarch / Jennie Lakes Wilderness Map

Thousand Lakes Wilderness

Ishi, Carrisbou, 1000 Lakes Wilderness Map

Trinity Alps Wilderness

NFS Map is OUTTA PRINT

Yosemite National Park

Forget the hike!
If you are seeking a remote mountain lake that you can drive to, you will need to search for one that has the fewest people. A 4WD vehicle will help you exit the tourist traps, thru plenty of back roads we feature. We always steer clear of crowded, holiday weekends. See the CA LAKE LIST here!

A few regions more with pristine lakes, but not dubbed Wilderness:

Mammoth Fishing

DanaMite — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:18:39 +0000

Stark Weather Lake
Originally uploaded by danamight

Mammoth Mountain Lakes / Eastern Sierra Fishing

Sure splendor for fishing, most of the time. Lake fishing, stream fishing, river fishing. Fishing the Eastern Sierra area, near Mammoth Lakes, California can be very rewarding. You may have read about places like these in the sports magazines, seen them on a television program, or imagined them in a fishing vacation day dream. Summers can be crowded, so pick you lake and camp carefully. Weather can change quickly, so come prepared. Autumn fishing w/ the golden aspens is totally superb!

Most of these Eastern Sierra lakes are accessible by car, others by foot. Look at the photos, pick a destination and get a good map of the area, so you can explore everything around too.

Mammoth Lakes Area

Lakes – Mammoth City

Lake Barrett
Convict Lake
Crystal Lake
Lake George
Horseshoe Lake
Laurel Lakes
Lake Mary
Sotcher Lake
Stark Weather Lake
TJ Lake
Twin Lakes

Creeks -

Boundary Creek
Cold Water Creek
Convict Creek
Crater Creek
Deadman Creek
Glass Creek
Laurel Creek
Reds Creek

Rivers -

Owens River
San Joaquin River

June Lake Loop

Lakes -

Agnew Lake
Fern Lake
Gull Lake
Grant Lake
June Lake
Parker Lake
Silver Lake
Walker Lake

Creeks -

Alger Creek
Fern Creek
Rush Creek
Reverse Creek
Yost Creek

Mammoth Maps

Inyo National Forest Map
Inyo Topo Atlas
Ansel Adams Wilderness
John Muir Wilderness Map Set
Mammoth High Country Map
Mammoth Lakes Map / Mono Divide

Shasta Lakes Camping

DanaMite — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:47:34 +0000

Northern California has numerous camping lakes, most of which are very RV friendly. Boating, fishing, hiking, kayaking & even houseboat rentals are available at Lake Shasta.

Yosemite Lakes

DanaMite — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:08:34 +0000

These are camping lakes that are located inside Yosemite National Park or in the surrounding areas.